A federal judge in Rhode Island today blocked sweeping restrictions the Trump-Vance administration imposed on 22 organizations that rely on federal grants to help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, LGBTQ+ youth, and people...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In response, Alison Gill, director of nominations and democracy, issued the following statement:...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new interactive resource revealing which states have the worst poverty rates for single moms. The map, which allows users to scroll over each state to view its...
WASHINGTON (October 3, 2025) — Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and cofounder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, issued the following statement after Sean Combs’ sentencing...
Washington, DC - The Trump administration today issued a new memo that seeks to drastically expand law enforcement’s power to silence and intimidate those who disagree with the administration, including nonprofits. Emily Martin, chief program officer at...
WASHINGTON — As students and their families settle into school routines for another year, attorneys general from nine states are promising “we will do whatever it takes” to protect transgender students and their right to...
Washington, DC – A federal judge today issued a temporary nationwide injunction stopping the Trump administration from implementing or enforcing a policy that would prevent certain immigrant children from enrolling in Head Start programs. “Early...
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes harmful amendments targeting LGBTQI+ service members and their families, as well as provisions rolling back diversity, equity, and...
The following statement is from Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, in response to the murder of Charlie Kirk in Utah today: "Political violence is never acceptable—it endangers all...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a series of direct final rules (DFRs) that threaten to roll back civil rights protections for women, girls, and communities of color — and bypass...
Washington, DC—The Census Bureau released its annual poverty, income, and health insurance data for 2024, finding that for the first time since data has been available, the wage gap between men and women working full time,...
WASHINGTON — The National Women's Law Center joined the League of Women Voters, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and others partner organizations in filing an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leading legal organizations Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center added their voice, alongside thousands of public comments, in opposition to the Trump-Vance administration’s proposed rule to strip veterans and their loved ones...
WASHINGTON — Following President Trump’s unlawful efforts to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the board, the National Women’s Law Center issued the following statement from its CEO and president, Fatima Goss Graves: “Trump’s...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s unprecedented and dangerous rampage to slash critical NIH research on health disparities impacting marginalized communities, Black women, and LGBTQ+ people. In...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Education placed five Northern Virginia school districts on high-risk and reimbursement-only status for having policies that allow students to use facilities consistent with their gender identity. The...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a federal district court in Pennsylvania struck down the Trump administration’s 2018 rules that allowed virtually any employer or university to claim a religious or moral objection to exempt itself from...
WASHINGTON – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new report outlining the dangers of the pronatalist (“pro-baby”) movement and its increasing influence on the Trump administration’s agenda. Read the report here: Baby Bonuses and Motherhood...
Washington, DC — Following news that Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, suggested suspending the bureau’s monthly jobs report, the National Women’s Law Center’s vice president for research, Jasmine Tucker, released the...
SAN DIEGO, CA – San Diego resident Angela Costales and CVS Pharmacy have reached a settlement in a dispute concerning the dispensing of misoprostol, a medication that is used for abortion, miscarriage management, and other...
